Right this moment is Thursday, March 6, the sixty fifth day of 2025. There are 300 days left within the 12 months.
Right this moment in historical past:
On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court docket, within the Dred Scott v. Sandford resolution, dominated 7-2 that Scott, an enslaved particular person, was not an American citizen and due to this fact couldn’t sue for his freedom in Federal courtroom; it additionally dominated that slavery couldn’t be banned from any Federal territory. The choice deepened the nationwide divide over slavery within the years main as much as the Civil Battle.
Additionally on this date:
In 1820, President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to affix the Union as a slave state and Maine to affix as a free state, whereas banning slavery within the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory.
In 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell as Mexican forces led by Common Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna stormed the fortress after a 13-day siege; the battle claimed the lives of all of the Texian defenders, together with William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett.
In 1869, chemist Dmitri Mendeleev launched his idea of a periodic desk of parts at a gathering of the Russian Chemical Society in St. Petersburg.
In 1912, Oreo cookies have been first launched by the Nationwide Biscuit Firm (later often known as Nabisco).
In 1951, the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on federal espionage fees started in New York.
In 1964, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay took a brand new identify given to him by Nation of Islam chief Elijah Muhammed: Muhammad Ali.
In 1970, a bomb being constructed inside a Greenwich Village townhouse in New York by members of the Climate Underground militant leftist group unintentionally exploded, destroying the home and killing three group members.
In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the final time after practically twenty years because the anchor of “The CBS Night Information.”
Right this moment’s birthdays:
- Former FBI and CIA director William Webster is 101.
- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is 99.
- Former Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova is 88.
- Opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa is 81.
- Rock musician David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is 79.
- Filmmaker-actor Rob Reiner is 78.
- Actor-comedian Tom Arnold is 66.
- Actor-comedian D.L. Hughley is 62.
- Actor Connie Britton is 58.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is 53.
- Rapper-producer Tyler, the Creator is 34.
- Actor Millicent Simmonds is 22.